Ellie & Easton's School Lunch

Ellie & Easton's School LunchA heartening story told through food, especially encouraging for biracial, Asian, and mixed race children. Easton just knows how to cheer up his pal and classmate, Ellie, when she gets taunted by the other school kids for the lunch she brings. Ellie is biracial, and she adores the food cooked by her Asian mother: foods like onigiri (a Japanese rice ball), soy sauce chicken, and Asian croquettes. Having this food is like having her favorite pillow with

A heartening story told through food, especially encouraging for biracial, Asian, and mixed race children.

Easton just knows how to cheer up his pal and classmate, Ellie, when she gets taunted by the other school kids for the lunch she brings. Ellie is biracial, and she adores the food cooked by her Asian mother: foods like onigiri (a Japanese rice ball), soy sauce chicken, and Asian croquettes. Having this food is like having her favorite pillow with her at school. And Easton couldn't agree moreÑhe loves his Asian foods, too, and eating together is fun! But one afternoon while they were lunching, Ellie hears something nearby . . .

"I took a bite and began to chew.
ThatÕs when someone shouted, 'Ewww!'
They sneered and snickered, oh so cruel,
Õcause they thought my lunch uncool."

"Easton saw and didnÕt agree,
That looks as good as my banh mi! (bon-MEE)
He smiled and pointed, 'Can I try
in exchange for egg tart pie?ÕÓ

Read with us and see how EastonÕs kind and sensitive gesture impacts Ellie and infects the other schoolchildren! The book is colorfully illustrated, highlighting the wonderful diversity of children and families that comprise the authorÕs native Southern California.